November Bloom Day in the Year of Endless Autumn

Campanula 'Sarastro'

Happy Bloom Day! Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens, provides the opportunity for showing what's in bloom on the 15th of every month. Normally, for November Bloom Day, I show a picture of everything that's still in bloom, as it is generally the last outdoor Bloom Day of the year here at Squirrelhaven. This year, however, so many things are still hanging on, that there are too many post. Despite several frosts and freezes and a few snowflakes, the afternoon temperatures have soared as high as 68F/20C in recent days, which is about 15 degrees above average. Among the sorely confused plants is this Campanula 'Sarastro,' which just started blooming again after a several-month sabbatical.

Campanula persicifolia 'Telham Blue'

This peach-leaved bellflower also decided to get in on the reblooming action.

Quite a few annuals are stubbornly refusing to go quietly into that long goodnight, including Diascia,

Last year at this time, Diascia had only a few blooms and yellow foliage.

Osteospermum,

and petunias.

Petunia 'Phantom'

In the "I'm not dead yet" category:

Hylotelephium species

this mystery sedum which was growing here when I bought the property, continues to bloom despite the coloring up of its foliage.

Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina'

The Malva are still forming buds and blooming, which is typical behavior, as are the continuing blooms of my favorite Geranium, 'Bob's Blunder'.

Geranium 'Bob's Blunder' is a wonder of orange and neon pink.

The last of the ex-asters, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies', still has a few buds waiting to open amidst the fallen leaves.

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium 'October Skies'

For the grand finale, in full bloom are Aster tataricus

showing bright autumnal tints in its foliage, which I can't recall it ever doing so vibrantly, and the mum.

Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink' with a still-blooming Heuchera 'Citronelle' in the background.

What's still blooming in your garden today?


Also in bloom:
Anemone 'Andrea Atkinson'
Antirrhinum majus (snapdragon)
Callibrachoa 'Blackberry Punch'
Callirhoe involucrata
Dianthus 'Cranberry Ice'
Eurybia divaricata (white wood aster, with a few blooms left)
Geranium 'Blogold' (Blue Sunrise, with just one bloom)
Heuchera 'Raspberry Ice'
Knautia 'Thunder and Lightning' just starting to rebloom
Lavandula 'Hidcote'
Lobularia maritima (sweet alyssum)
Osteospermum 'Soprano Purple'
pansies
Rosa 'Carefree Beauty' (albeit damaged by frost)
Sedum 'Razzleberry'
Sutera
Tricyrtis 'Gilt Edge', 'Gilty Pleasure', and 'Tojen'
Viola hybrid
Viola labradorica
Viola sororia